Monday, January 19, 2015

Proud of Squirt Team

From NARCH BLOG page:

Squirt Silver – The Squirt Silver Championship featured the best
championship of the division, with both teams fighting and scrapping for
every inch of floor. This was a seesaw game where one team would
score, and the other would counter with a goal of their own. The KIHA
Warriors and the Pama Cyclones were both ready to play in this one.
KIHA’s #21 Jaden Nahoi-Baricar won the opening faceoff forward, and took
it down the rink for the first goal, six seconds into the game.
The shellshocked Cyclones were barely able to get their feet under
them before they found themselves down 2-0. #39 Ethan Oshiro, used his
quick feet to give KIHA a second goal less than a minute and a half into
the game. The Cyclones righted the ship, and started to play their
game. It paid dividends, as #3 Mathew Ng fired a puck in the back of
the net, on a nice pass from #21 Cade Moxham. The Cyclones would tie
the game late in the period when # 49 Julian Schwartz would score on a
pass from #98 Anthony Yu. The Cyclones would take the lead with less
than a minute to go in the period, when #3 Ng would score again. The
pesky KIHA kids would not go away. Another big faceoff play saw the
Cyclones’ lead evaporate less than 10 seconds later, when #72 Adam
Gooden would score. We would go into the break tied at 3.

The second period saw more back and forth action, even if the scoring
wasn’t happening as quickly as before. KIHA would take the lead back a
few minutes in, with #88 Adam Harder picking up the tally. The
Cyclones, not to be outdone, would tie the game again, with #3 Ng
picking up the hatty on the way. KIHA would score the dagger, at the
one minute mark, with #39 Ethan Oshiro lighting the lamp for the second
time. The Cyclones would pull the dagger out, and come out strong,
putting together a big push at the end, with the goaltender pulled. It
would work! The Cyclones would score with 19 seconds left, and send us
to overtime. #94 Michael Schwartz would be the lifesaver.
In the
overtime period, it would be all KIHA, as they moved the puck well, and
played as if they had all the time in the world. They would end the
game, and take the gold medal, when #56 Kailer Suerth would become the
hero, on a nice play from #16 Namie Sato. Final Score: KIHA Warriors 6 –
Mission Cyclones 5 (OT)